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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
BUTTER ON THE FARM.
The Advantages of Producing Pure ana
Really Good Article.

Really Good Article.
There are many ways by which the
butter produced on the farm might be
improved in quality and quantity, and
the proceeds increased from twenty to
fifty per cent. Thus farmer who
takes to town only five dollars worth
of butter a week gets $3.50 a year. if
he can add 25 per cent. he gets 1926,
and with a gain of so per cent. he gets
1890, and the extra $3.50 would buy
good many things wanted in the
household and on the farm. And yet
by a little further effort he can make
the amount fully double the origina.
$3.50 and have $500 without additional
cost of money or labor. A part
of what would conduce to
this end is stated by correspondent
to another paper thus: "Since 1870 !!
have weighed all my milk night and
morning. My best COW gives 5000 to
5000 pounds of milk per year. have
three or four that do that. l have ten
that give 1000 pounds. Cows that
give less than 5000 pounds l sell. A
COW yielding 5000 pounds of milk
year will, at 229 pounds of milk to
one pounl of butter, yields 222 20
pounds of butter; but at 16 pounds of
milk to pound of butter it will be
1921 pounds of butter, difference of
about 903 pounds of butter in favor OF
proper feeding, which 903 pounds
multiplied by the price per pound the
farmer receives, say Soc, equals
| $27.1O, which the farmer loses
each year. Farmers lose by
low feeding; high feeding gives
greater results. This weighing of the
milk. testing the cows, and knowing
to dollar what one is doing, is a
great help to the dairy farmer. 1t en-
ables him to get rid of the poor milk
ers and to replace them with good
ones; and the latter costs no more to
keep or handle than the former. Then
he can improve his produce by breed
ing to bull of good milking strain.
and thus add additional quarts to each
head daily. Again. he can study
what feed is best calculated to increase
the flow of milk. He can save ice,
a~d thus keep his butter in better con-
dition and take it to the ice itself. He
can get with this extra gain
the best implements instead
Of using the poorest and
meanest, and with improved pans,
churn, creamer and worker, make his
butter worth ten to fifteen cents a
pound more and the people to run
after him for it. 1t is no mean thing
for the people to say such a farmer
makes the best butter brought to this
town. and we. indeed, can not get all
we want, for every body wants it.
Such man takes pride in having
the best cows, breeding to the best
bull, making the most butter, having
the name for the very best, and get
ting the highest price. But how many
neglect all of these points and make the
poorest and meanest stuff that goes to
a market?"-Hoard's Daiayn,an
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
UTILIZING CORN-STALKS.
How They Can BE Made a Source of Profit
Instead of Loss.

Row San fte NAaNe u SOURCE Oh 'FRONT.'
Instead of Loss.
How can a farmer turn the coarse,
UNBEATABLE portions of his corn crop to
the most valuable uses? This is
question for useful consideration. The
husks contain sufficient nutriment to be
used for food, and highly fed horses
and cows will be grateful for an
occasional teed of them through The
winter. The hardest part of the dry
stalks may be turned into manure by
cutting them, at a cost of not over
dollar per ton, fully estimated. but
really of nothing but labor at time
when nothing else can be done. Con-
sequently it may be said that it costs
nothing to do this, and one may as
we'll do it as gossip in the village or
do nothing. Cut stalks us litter absorb
u large quantity of liquid and mix with
solid manure so as to break it up and
render it easy to spread finely on
the surface. The difference in
labor of handling manure so made and
that made with the whole stalks is
really greater than that of the cutting
of them. We have known farmers in
the West 60 ten miles for coal, and pay
eight dollars per ton tor a very poor
quality, when there was more heating
substance wasting in their fields, for
the large stalks of Western corn make
excellent fuel, which gives out great
heat. By binding them in bundles
with thin wire and compressed in a
frame by similar simple contrivance
to that used for binding lath. the stalks
are more lasting and are more easily
fed into stove.
1t is worth one dollar ton to avert
the danger of injuring stock which
feed upon the dry, frozen stalks to con.
sumo these as fuel. Every winter thou.
sands of stalk-fed cattle die of dry
murrain Gmpaction of the rumen),
splenic fever (simply blood-poisoning
by indigestion), and other similar
diseases, and to avert these losses by
using the stalks for more wholesome
and safer purposes would repay all
the labor of collecting them when in a
useful condition. Waste of useful
material isno longer profitable even
in the far West, and dry corn-stalks
shredded fine and fed with bran and
the cheap Western linseed cakemeal,
would return handsome profit in
salable beeves, which would other
wise perish of starvation. The losses
of cattle in the Northwest the past
winter by actual starvation are a huge
blot upon our civilization and stigma
upon our humanity. Moreover, they
are pecuniarly ruinous, and the
crime of permitting them is punished
by the money losses incurred, if in no
other way. The utilization of the
wasted stalks upon Western
fields would prevent these sacrifices
and return profit for their use in the
saved cattle.-M Y Times
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
HERE AND THERE.

DO little helpful things and speak
helpful words whenever you can.
They are better than pearls or dia-
monds to strew along the roadside Of
life.
General S. D. Lee, president OF
the Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, urges the farmers Of
his State to put up as large quantity
of hay as possible, in view of the short
crop in the West
The estimates of dried fruit ship.
men!s from Hickory, N. c., for three
months. are set down at over $780, 600,
and blackberry shipments for ten
days nearly 500, 600. PROGRESSIVE
Farmer.
Sheep manure contains 80 to IS
per cent of the plant food contained in
the rations consumed by sheep. 1t is
therefore a very rich fertilizer, us ex-
perience has shown. 1t is especially
rich in nitrogen, and in available
form.
Rats are the greatest pests of the
corn-crib It is not at all difficult to
make perfectly rat-proof bin OF crib.
and every farmer should know that if
he must feed such vermin, that little
Rough on Rats is good rat food.
"There are no good rats but-dead
rats.
AS a rule the farmers who do not
make money raising poultry are the
ones at fault and not the chickens.
The poultry is not raised at all but
raises itself Right there is one great
trouble and until the prospective
poultry raiser makes up his mind to
raise his chicks he had better not
start in.
This is the latest month in which
grass seeds may be safely sown, ex-
cept in the most southern part of the
cotton belt. Prepare the land well.
SOW plenty of seed, and be sure to add
$50 to 200 pounds of good commercial
fertilizer per acre, and cover very
lightly, or not at allif sown just before
,, a rain.
I'm my life am thrown into asso-
citation with all classes of society, and
I meet no higher grade Of natural abil-
ity, no men Of better judgment, purer
principles of manly honor, no more
intelligent or beautiful women than I
find my brothers and sisters of the
Grange. Lieutenant Governor e. r.
Jones, New York
An orange-grower near Lake
Eustis, Fla, found on one of his trees
fruit that seemed to be about two
thirds orange and one-third Japan
persimmon. The latter resembles a
full-grown and ripe red-pepper. He
dug down to the roots of the orange
tree, and there found the living root
of Japan persimmon tree twined
among the orange tree roots.
Our wasted opportunities, as a
rule, would make sum total that
would more than equal the opportuni-
ties Of which we avail ourselves.
Eternal vigilance as to agriculture is
no less the price Of success than it is
the price Of liberty. But these vigilant
habits may by the proper training be-
come second nature, and therefore
be naturally followed. -Arkaasas
Farmer and Mechanic
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Wa. America Ever Discovered4

At the time when Columbus started IN
search Of the New World, nearly every man,
woman and child in Europe insisted that
there was no New World to discover. When
he came back, crowned with success, large
proportion of these good people adhered to
their theory; and if they were alive today
many of them would doubtless insist that
America had never been discovered at al;
A man will give up anything in the world
ample, look at the individuals who still
maintain that consumption is incurable. DR.;
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has cured
thousands upon thousands Of cases, and
will cure thousands more, but these people
can't give up their point Neverthe less inc
Discovery will cure any case OF consump-
ton, if taken in time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

"A newspaper at Bogota reports
that the gold which is now dug out of
the ancient cemeteries at Hilandia
and other places near Pereira, In
Caucs, has led more than one thou
sand workmen to flock to that spot,
aud town has sprung up there with
in the past four years which now con-
tains more than fifty thousand inhab-
itants. These people are almost all
Antioquians, and the majority of them
have obtained sufficient gold to render
themselves and their families indie
pendent Of work for the remainder of
their lives,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Health in Summer.

In the Epoch Dr. Cyrus Edison and
Dr. Willard Parker gives some admir-
able hints for preserving health during
the hot season in our ATTITUDES. In
deprecating the too free use of al
coholic stimulants. animal food and
iced water the two writers agree.
They both recommend thin wooden
underwear, living mainly on perfectly
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

Those who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intemperance will expert
ence great benefit from the use OF Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Pricldy Ash Bitters will remedy the evil re,
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby, strengthen
ing the will power, thoroughly cleansing and
faint Of disease. It is purely amedicine and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as a beverage by reason Of its cathartic
properties.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
aruoh Desired Reform.

10 begin and carry on to a successful COM
pletion q reform Of the disorder existing in
q dyspeptic stomach, use systematically
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. A happy re-
suit is inevitable, and this will be attended
by q return to discipline Of the bowels and
liver when they are recalcitrant, which they
usually are when their associate organ, the
liver, Is out of order. Use the Bitters in
fever and ague.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

Offer No. III
FREE!-To MERCHANTS ONLY: A genu.
me Meerschaum Smokers Set, Give
pieces), in satin-lined plush case.
Address at once,
r. W. TANsILL & Co.,
s. State Street, Chicago.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

For constipation, oliver complaint" or
biliousness, sick headache, and all diseases
arising from disordered condition Of the
liver and stomach, take DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets-a gentle laxative or
active cathartic, according to size OF dose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

"A dog bitten by rattlesnake lin
Nebraska, instead of dying developed
hydrnphobia, aud bit fourteen head of
eauie, all of which died
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

Mary Sloan, II red-cheeked Irish
girl. went on the Arizona to sell apples
when the vessel was at Queenstown.
Before she was aware of it the ship had
started on its way to America, and
Mary is here now.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Run,mn P: O., Columbia %.
Pa. says: "My daughter had cataTr Gov w9 hr
sage's cata u R Remedy advertised, and pro.
cured bottle for her, and soon saw Inat
helped her; third bottle effected psrm ma
nent cure. She is now eighteen years oio sno
oound and hearty"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

WHAT'S amiss now, Tommy" inquired
Nellie. "Why, you are" said Tommy. Rude
bowl
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

AYouNo man who loved very large girl
named Emma, stated that he met with an
Em-fat-ic refusal -Merchant Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

In snide hotel chicken salad by any
other name might be called chopped veal
Hotel Nail
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

BLESSED be the tie that binds" was
never sung by the man who was going to
be hung-Chicaqo Sunday National.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

ISN'T tia little singular that the bartender
and the saloon tough are always on such
good terms?-SprinafeM (.nass) Union.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

In proportion to it's size the mosquito
draws better than the average cigarette
Neo Hapen Ne,ps.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

WHEN you come to think Of it, young
man, isn't the marriage ceremony miss
leading YOuksrs Statesman,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

A VISITOR who went fishing in one of our
sparkling brooks informs us that he caught
q good string of creek-its Par
GQrGDher.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

MANY man who has not penny in his
rocket owns corn he would not allow you
to step on for the world--Br1ttsh Lsoa'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

The club man sings: 1.-THE half has not
been told" And it's his better half at tnan
Duluth Photographer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

MANY initiate, none equal "Tansill's
Punch" &C. Cigar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

A WAC, passing by house which had
been almost consumed by fire, inquired
whose it was Being told that it was hat
tiers: "Ah," said he, "then the loss will be
tet"-Golde7. Days.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

A GREAT many orators have what may be
described as an iu-imitable style-D"tnh
Paragrapher,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

We do not wish to commit ourselves, but
we really believe that the engine of an
ocean steamship is the best screw-driver we
ever saw-Lite
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

Two su1roRs quarreled over girl and
both were killed Probably nothing could
sutton better.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

LADIES should never go out calling with.
put their out door WRAPS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

MUFFs will be very small this winter, bu
ear-tabs will remain as large as ever.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26
Sick Headache

Is one of the most distressing affections; and pccpa
who are its victims deserve sympathy. But the
great success Hoods Sarsapara has had in curina !
sick headache make it seem almost foolish to allow
the trouble to continue. BY its toning and inyigon
ating effect upon the digestive organs Hoods Sarss
parla readily gives relief when headache arises
from Indigestion; and in neuralgia conditions by
building up the system, Hoods Sarsaparilla re-
moves the cause and hence overcomes the difficulty
"Ihave been subject to bad spells Of sick head .
ache for number Of years, and could get nothine
to help me for any length Of time until took Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This medicine relieved me from thu
first have not had the sick headache sincen
MRS. N. Z. KING, wife of Judge D. s. King, WI
mington, Ohio. s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

A COMBINATION lock makes very good
chest protector.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

80 !! . !!!!!!
A rbponis Nasal do catarr fas which Gl
$S3E W:S* they cannot cure.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dul,
heavy headache, obstruction OF the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes protuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious mucous,
weak, watery, and inflamcd; there is ringing
in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration OF offensive
with b seaos
breath is offensive; smell and taste are I'M
paired; there is a sensation OF dizziness, with
mental 9 fa IN Soafn gnd
symptoms are likely to be present In any one
case. Thousands Of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms, re-
suit in consumption, and END N lhe grave;
No disease is so common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood py physlc1ans.
BY its mild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
Coryza. and Catarrhal Headache.
Sold BY druggists everywhere; 30 cents.
aUntold Agony from Catarrh."
Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist,
of ithaca, N. Y, writes: Some ten years'ago
suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up az
such bad one, that every day, towards sun.
set, my voice would become so hoarse l could
barely speak above whisper. In inc morning
my coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me- BY the use Of Dr: sage eI'
man, and the cure has been permanent"
"Constantly Hawking and Splitting"
THOMAS J. RUSHING, ESD, 1909 Pine Street.
81. Iona Mo-. writes: II was great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
could not Breathe through the nostrils. ]
thought nothing could be done for ssr me- Luck
I Remedy, and am now well man. believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh nov
MANUFACTURED, and one has only to give It {
fair trial to experience astounding results ano
q permanent cure"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

CONVENTIONAL Defects are eralicdtsd, not
hidden, by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Soc The best
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

HAS the foor-the man who has been
knocked down in argument Pittsburgh
Chronicle
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

The favorite poets for the sea shore are
Shelley and Crabbe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

NorE-BhoKERs, like BARRIERS, make thsh
living by shaving. --Boston Budget s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

WHEN the dog-pound man makes III.
haul at 50 much per head, he puts 1t dow
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

The Frazer is the Standard Axle Greasaoa
the world. Saves your horses and wagon
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

TIE GLACIERS report business as putty
od---Goodalrs Sun
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

IT'S curious how affection and CONNECTION
seem to harmonize.- Washington Critic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

CHRONIC nasal catarrh positively cured b, !
DR.. Sage's Remedy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

OUTWARD bound "a book. = Rarpa..
Boar. -,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

A FRUIT of all countrie-snob-bery.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-26

3 MONTHS treatment for &c. piss,s
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-15

Among the December magazines
peterson" stands out prominently in
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-15
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.

Bowling Green is to build female
college.
Levi Barscom, aged 8, was killed by
falling elevator at Louisville.
The Elizabethtown Messenger has
suspended for lack of patronage.
VIM. Anderson, Louisville roust-
about, was drowned at Madison, Ind.
Dan O'Sullivan, editor of the Lou
isville Commercial, has gone on a
months pleasure trip to California.
The L. & N. depot at Anchorage,
together with II. G. Hobbs drug
store, burned last week. Loss 5000.
The vote on prohibition in Union
county stood 1882 for and l,4S4
against-a majority of POP for liquor.
Robt. McCreary, son of Congress
man McCrsary, shot and killed VIM.
SchilIiDg ON the streets of Richmond
Friday night.
]. G. Stephenson, of Lexington,
KY, who was in Michigan buying
lumber, lost his money aud hung him
self in barn.
Gus. Willinghurst, Jas. Igo and